Comparing disability survey questions in five countries: a study using ICF to guide comparisons.

This paper describes an international effort to compare disability survey questions using the ICF framework. The process included backcoding survey questions to ICF. To establish a meaningful basis for comparison, the original 14 functioning areas were scaled to seven: hearing, seeing, speaking, mobility, body movement, gripping and personal care.

Comprehensive assessment of chronic low back pain patients and controls: physical abilities, level of activity, psychological adjustment and pain perception.

A comprehensive functional evaluation designed for patients with chronic low back pain (CLBP) is described. The evaluation includes measures from 4 domains of the CLBP syndrome; physical abilities, level of activity, psychological adjustment and pain perception. New measures for standardized assessment of physical abilities and employment of body mechanics are introduced.